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it was successful now so the navy was buying into this war. the budget was getting bigger. the program is getting more formalized to the point it had its own logo much like nasa has a familiar blue orb, sealab now had an emblem, a sign of its rising prestige, and also you can see you've got a more significant refined looking habitat which doesn't look quite so much like it's made out of recycled floats or whatever. you have some uniforms. it's got the sealab emblem. you can see the logo on the top of the lab on the towers of there's a great deal more pride and money and things happening now. this is the first of what would be the three teams to live in the lab over the course of several weeks. astronaut carpenter has joined the program buy now. we will talk more about him, but he's the second from the left on the front row right there. there's scott carpenter to read and going to play a brief clip from the reel-to-reel tapes. these were unmarked and i had to listen to all of them just to find out what they were, listening for nuggets, learning more and more alone the way. b
it was successful now so the navy was buying into this war. the budget was getting bigger. the program is getting more formalized to the point it had its own logo much like nasa has a familiar blue orb, sealab now had an emblem, a sign of its rising prestige, and also you can see you've got a more significant refined looking habitat which doesn't look quite so much like it's made out of recycled floats or whatever. you have some uniforms. it's got the sealab emblem. you can see the logo on the...
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>> was i getting it all to the navy? >> yes, were you giving it all or primarily for the navy? >> now, the navy has nothing to do with it. i mean, the navy, i talked to a few times, i started to get some documentation or information. i had to freedom of information act -- three freedom of information act requests behind this thing. it was kind of a bureaucratic communication that way but my information all came from things like the lost reel to reel tapes. the interviews. and as i say, i had help from somebody at the library of congress to scour the archives to see what is the sealab archives are as far as anyone could tell there wasn't one. so what i have to go on as a journalist i was kind of able to dig up. >> it must have led you in the wrong direction because from your research, from their research at sealab, did they send information directly to the navy? wasn't secured kind of information on that research? >> yes. so yeah, the first couple of sealab's were run by the office of naval research so they were producing reports and they were learning everything that the was to
>> was i getting it all to the navy? >> yes, were you giving it all or primarily for the navy? >> now, the navy has nothing to do with it. i mean, the navy, i talked to a few times, i started to get some documentation or information. i had to freedom of information act -- three freedom of information act requests behind this thing. it was kind of a bureaucratic communication that way but my information all came from things like the lost reel to reel tapes. the interviews. and...
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officials have said several navy ships have moved into the region. can you talk about why we're sending ships to the region and, um, also the number one concern with north korea's planned missile launch, whether it's that they're violating u.n., you know, international regulations or whether we're worried that they can actually launch a ballistic missile that could reach the u.s.? so what the number one concern is with that and why we're moving to the region. >> now, the moving the ships would be today moving them today or in the long run? >> in -- today. or in this week. >> oh, okay. well, we move ships around the region all the time. we actually have a fairly robust forward deployed naval force that's actually stationed in that part of the world, so we do move them around for exercises, move them around for contingencies, and in this case, you know, it should seem logical that we'll move them around so we have the best situational awareness that we have. and to the degree that those ships are capable of participating in ballistic missile defense, t
officials have said several navy ships have moved into the region. can you talk about why we're sending ships to the region and, um, also the number one concern with north korea's planned missile launch, whether it's that they're violating u.n., you know, international regulations or whether we're worried that they can actually launch a ballistic missile that could reach the u.s.? so what the number one concern is with that and why we're moving to the region. >> now, the moving the ships...
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go navy! well done. [applause] admiral miller, i exercise my authority as secretary of defense to grant amnesty to all men on restriction or minor conduct offenses. [laughter] as a catholic, i'm tempted to order you to do three hail marys. [laughter] with that out of the way, let me first and foremost offer my deepest thanks. thank you to the class of 2012 and to all mid shipment for your decision to serve this nation at a time of war. you have set yourselves apart in a profound, and in an honorable way. thank you also for all of those in uniform, including the officers, senior enlisted leaders, and instructors for your dedication and loyalty to our country. finally, thank you to the families, sponsor families, the add min straiters, the professor -- administrators, professors, and the friends. here today. this is every bit your day to celebrate along with this extraordinary class of 2012. class of ' 12, over the past four years, you have passed the test of character, you chose to give up the life of a n
go navy! well done. [applause] admiral miller, i exercise my authority as secretary of defense to grant amnesty to all men on restriction or minor conduct offenses. [laughter] as a catholic, i'm tempted to order you to do three hail marys. [laughter] with that out of the way, let me first and foremost offer my deepest thanks. thank you to the class of 2012 and to all mid shipment for your decision to serve this nation at a time of war. you have set yourselves apart in a profound, and in an...
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navy personnel frankly we are not downsizing. we are growing over the years. the need to delete a number of people are going at it. in 2005, 2006 we cut too many people out of some areas that we thought we could and we are restoring that from three to some maintenance roughly 2,000 here so we have a nice short rotation so kids can develop their skills in the shore and then return back to see that much better. >> what is your sense of whether the iranians would shut down given the crippling sanctions that the west have imposed and 80% of the revenue comes from oil? >> it's difficult to say whether they will attempt to shut down the street of hormuz. i'm confident that we have the capability to open the straits of hormuz if you will shut down. we've made great strides in the warfare to the programs we did increasing the emphasis on the skill, and in fact just a few months ago we hit an international mine exercise, and it was a pretty good success. we were able to test new technology, underwater vehicles and neutralizing mines and w
navy personnel frankly we are not downsizing. we are growing over the years. the need to delete a number of people are going at it. in 2005, 2006 we cut too many people out of some areas that we thought we could and we are restoring that from three to some maintenance roughly 2,000 here so we have a nice short rotation so kids can develop their skills in the shore and then return back to see that much better. >> what is your sense of whether the iranians would shut down given the...
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i think if that were true, you wouldn't have the pacific commander, the navy, the head of the navy, the head of the air force, all the associated military leadership standing up and sing we endorse this strategy and its budget. >> okay, without, questions from the audience. and if you can, please state your name and affiliation. [inaudible] >> you talk about credibility, credit substance. you have to get some kind of figure, which your can't dismiss. realistically what is it and what are the applying -- plausible findings? you're a former controller spirit as a former controller i can tell you that whatever number you would throw out before you have a good sense of economic policy, it's not going to be viable. that's not what applies when i was comptroller, it applied in 1981 when reagan came in. and the reason is very simple. you have to look at the rate of growth you can tolerate. you have to look at the rate you're going to bring down the overseas contingencies operations account, and offset some of those reductions with what you're going to put into defense budget. you have to look
i think if that were true, you wouldn't have the pacific commander, the navy, the head of the navy, the head of the air force, all the associated military leadership standing up and sing we endorse this strategy and its budget. >> okay, without, questions from the audience. and if you can, please state your name and affiliation. [inaudible] >> you talk about credibility, credit substance. you have to get some kind of figure, which your can't dismiss. realistically what is it and...
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i want to talk about the navy to begin. you can consider this equal opportunity for sort of equal unkindness on my part towards each service to come going to try to be ecumenical and broad-based, but the navy, an amazing service like all four of her military service is doing amazing things around the world. however, sort of unscathed in this budget process frankly. the aircraft carrier fleet is supposed to stay at 11 but the only changes the navy shipbuilding programs are pretty much just some delays in things like submarine building. nothing major in terms of any program being fundamentally rethought. and i'm a little worried that this is not really being provocative enough. i think the navy actually has one big idea, at least, that it should consider. and in a a lot of you have thought about this and could give me may be many reasons why it's hard. and i've been tardy a lot to navy people. i understand why it's hard but i still think that time has come for something called sea swap. what sees what means is that to cruise
i want to talk about the navy to begin. you can consider this equal opportunity for sort of equal unkindness on my part towards each service to come going to try to be ecumenical and broad-based, but the navy, an amazing service like all four of her military service is doing amazing things around the world. however, sort of unscathed in this budget process frankly. the aircraft carrier fleet is supposed to stay at 11 but the only changes the navy shipbuilding programs are pretty much just some...
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department of navy, and dr. mary sally, assistant secretary of the army, financial management and comptroller at u.s. department of army, ms. marilyn thomas, deputy assistant secretary for the u.s. department of the air force. thank you very much for being here with us today, and collectively, you share the responsibility for managing near $700 billion for net operating costs and accounting for nearly $2 trillion in assets. these are weighty responsibilities, particularly when you consider the importance of your mission to our nation's national security into our war fighters. i want to thank you for your service and for the commitment you demonstrated on this issue, achieving audit readiness when considered against this backdrop is both complex and challenging, and it's clear to me that you're making tangible progress forward. this hearing is met as a follow-up to the defense final management and audittability reform panel which was appointed by chairman buck and ranking member adam smith in july 2011 to carry o
department of navy, and dr. mary sally, assistant secretary of the army, financial management and comptroller at u.s. department of army, ms. marilyn thomas, deputy assistant secretary for the u.s. department of the air force. thank you very much for being here with us today, and collectively, you share the responsibility for managing near $700 billion for net operating costs and accounting for nearly $2 trillion in assets. these are weighty responsibilities, particularly when you consider the...
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navy judge of the ticket at the pentagon. the lieutenant colonel has participated in the deployments and iraq and afghanistan. please join me in the thinking him for his continued service and welcoming him here today. lieutenant colonel. [applause] >> thank you. good evening and it is my pleasure to introduce the president of the national congress of american indians president keel. he is currently the lieutenant of our of the chickasaw nation of oklahoma and was recently unanimously elected to a second term as the president of the ncai. i'm here to represent the american and the native service veterans and it is an honor to serve and protect all citizens of the united states including members of america's first nations. today there are tens of thousands of active-duty service members and over 300,000 native veterans who know the great sacrifice to protect our freedom and our sovereignty. one of the great veterans is jefferson keel. himself a retired u.s. army officer with over 20 years of active-duty service. he's translated
navy judge of the ticket at the pentagon. the lieutenant colonel has participated in the deployments and iraq and afghanistan. please join me in the thinking him for his continued service and welcoming him here today. lieutenant colonel. [applause] >> thank you. good evening and it is my pleasure to introduce the president of the national congress of american indians president keel. he is currently the lieutenant of our of the chickasaw nation of oklahoma and was recently unanimously...
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what are we doing with our navy? in the 19 '90s we had some 560 some odd naval war vessels and today we only have 283. sequestration takes it down to 230. 70 to 75% of the earth is water. if you trace it back to every great civilization to the phoenicians all the way to the present modern day everyone has understood that the means by which common this is going to hurt my feelings saying this as an army guy but the means by which you truthfully expand the power and the dominance of the nation a nation is to the navy. but yet what are we doing two hours? what are we doing to our maritime forces? that is the message you are sending to the world right now. when you look at north korea and the actions that they take, up on the fact that they believe china has their back as china has so much of our dad and you look at what is happening in venezuela and you have to totally disagree with the president when he says they are not really a threat. tell me why they have missile sites in venezuela. why is there such a collusion be
what are we doing with our navy? in the 19 '90s we had some 560 some odd naval war vessels and today we only have 283. sequestration takes it down to 230. 70 to 75% of the earth is water. if you trace it back to every great civilization to the phoenicians all the way to the present modern day everyone has understood that the means by which common this is going to hurt my feelings saying this as an army guy but the means by which you truthfully expand the power and the dominance of the nation a...
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navy to invest up to $510 million during the next three years to produce advanced drop in aviation and marine biofuels to power the military and commercial transportation. so looking at our resources and department of agriculture in particular and seeing how can we maximize it on a long-term basis, you know, doing sound, you know, cost benefit analyses that integrate all the different elements like what jennifer was talking about earlier, it's just so, so sound and so, so important and especially at a time like this when we're talking about creating jobs, we're talking about sound investments, we're talking about helping our country on sustainability issues and oil and defense and all. and so with that, um, you know, please, let's give him a warm welcome and start thinking about questions and all because i understand from the staff you want to talk about 10, 15 minutes or so, then we're going to have about 10 minutes for questions and answers. >> very good. >> so, secretary vilsack, please. [applause] >> mayor, thanks very much. just a friendly suggestion on the corn, make sure that it
navy to invest up to $510 million during the next three years to produce advanced drop in aviation and marine biofuels to power the military and commercial transportation. so looking at our resources and department of agriculture in particular and seeing how can we maximize it on a long-term basis, you know, doing sound, you know, cost benefit analyses that integrate all the different elements like what jennifer was talking about earlier, it's just so, so sound and so, so important and...
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navy perspective. we've been talking a lot about the navy but preparing for the thinking and or the developing capabilities for a possible requirement that the president would set to said that iran speak of nuclear activities or to prevent them from crossing that line would entail different parts of u.s. military and you talk to us about that as planning for what are some of the contingencies right now our formula is all options on the table we want a diplomatic solution. we don't seek a. we hope for a much to avoid the president who's tried to get the balance right still believing that iran has a choice to make of politically resolving its dispute with the international community about its nuclear activities. what about that planning side? imagining we have to use other measures? >> i think the view is hopefully we won't go down that path. there is time for diplomacy. i think that the diplomatic opening of the president is correct and iran has a unique ability taking this to the brink and then reversi
navy perspective. we've been talking a lot about the navy but preparing for the thinking and or the developing capabilities for a possible requirement that the president would set to said that iran speak of nuclear activities or to prevent them from crossing that line would entail different parts of u.s. military and you talk to us about that as planning for what are some of the contingencies right now our formula is all options on the table we want a diplomatic solution. we don't seek a. we...
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a navy veteran, father of two. my heart goes out to his loved ones, to all the victims and their families as they struggle to make sense of the senselessness. how can you make sense of something that's so senseless, mr. president? we may never know the motivations behind this terrible crime or understand why anyone would target so many innocent people. friday's events were a reminder that nothing in this world is certain and that life is precious and short. today we pause to mourn the dead but also honor how they lived. we pledge our support to the people of aurora, colorado, both as they grieve and as they begin to heal from this terrible tragedy. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: we've all been sifting through the events of last friday and i think it's entirely appropriate for the senate to take a moment today to acknowledge, as we just did, the victims of this nightmarish rampage, their families, and the wider community of aurora. in the life of a nation,
a navy veteran, father of two. my heart goes out to his loved ones, to all the victims and their families as they struggle to make sense of the senselessness. how can you make sense of something that's so senseless, mr. president? we may never know the motivations behind this terrible crime or understand why anyone would target so many innocent people. friday's events were a reminder that nothing in this world is certain and that life is precious and short. today we pause to mourn the dead but...
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the department of defense and specifically navy has indicated that over time their desire is to commit to 50% of their fuel needs being met by biofuel. it's a national security imperative. they are not interested in being reliant on a foreign source of power and energy, and so they have made a very serious and significant commitment, they've entered into a memorandum with us and the department of energy specifically to develop an aviation drop in fuel. this is not a blended fuel like ethanol that goes into cars and trucks today. this is actually a fuel that you literally drop into the tank, and a jet uses it or ship uses it. this is a unique partnership because it involves these three agencies pulling together roughly $510 million. these resources will be first and foremost used to help finance the construction of biorefineries that will convert non-food feed stocks into this drop-in fuel. then the navy has committed in advance to, essentially, purchasing the supply that's generated by these biorefineries which will make it easier for the refineries to gain investors in commercial fina
the department of defense and specifically navy has indicated that over time their desire is to commit to 50% of their fuel needs being met by biofuel. it's a national security imperative. they are not interested in being reliant on a foreign source of power and energy, and so they have made a very serious and significant commitment, they've entered into a memorandum with us and the department of energy specifically to develop an aviation drop in fuel. this is not a blended fuel like ethanol...
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that the navy had created for drinking water standards on the naval installations. c-span: when did they create the regulation? before your daughter by? >> guest: absolutely these were started back in 1963 and the navy had a very strict standards for drinking water on the naval installations all the way back to 1963. c-span: do you live near cancellation today? >> guest: no because for the most part of this located when the trend of these communities and the ocean. succumb contamination naturally removes the largest body of water which would be the ocean. c-span: do you have anything in that area like you do back then? >> guest: the clan the contamination up. >> guest: but still exists under the ground and they're supposed to be free mediating at , but unfortunately the technology does not exist at this time to clean up an underground source of contamination and pollution. c-span: >> guest: i would ask you right now to defend the to come to describe all that. i want to go back to the video from the documentary which is how long? >> guest: 76 minutes. c-span: was tha
that the navy had created for drinking water standards on the naval installations. c-span: when did they create the regulation? before your daughter by? >> guest: absolutely these were started back in 1963 and the navy had a very strict standards for drinking water on the naval installations all the way back to 1963. c-span: do you live near cancellation today? >> guest: no because for the most part of this located when the trend of these communities and the ocean. succumb...
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navy seals. unit, u.s. air force pilots as well. and the neat part is, you know, they grew up in a system, and the system was around in ensuring rapid improvement and high stress operations. and that training, that culture is what we can bring, is how do you ensure that when the chips are down, when you're in the heat of battle, you have a standard way to think about things to approach operations, and decide hey, do we continue this overdue relief to fight. and that's again part of what we bring, and there's a tremendous value in that because this experience is priceless, and putting somebody in this caliber out in a high reliability at high risk operation is a really neat thing. here's what some of our class, you can see it's all the major or many of the major oil and gas operators. and as the blueprint says, you need a marquee client. our first marquee client was diamond offshore, and they decided they wanted to change their company culture, and for those who don't know diamond offshore is a drilling contractor, has about 44 rigs,
navy seals. unit, u.s. air force pilots as well. and the neat part is, you know, they grew up in a system, and the system was around in ensuring rapid improvement and high stress operations. and that training, that culture is what we can bring, is how do you ensure that when the chips are down, when you're in the heat of battle, you have a standard way to think about things to approach operations, and decide hey, do we continue this overdue relief to fight. and that's again part of what we...
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no question number one, why is our navy pain 20s x dollars a gallon for biofuels? number two, why is my federal tax dollar subsidizing ee five? and number three, i have heard on television that fuels for our jet aircraft is going to increase drastically also. and if you have time, which you please define the two words subsidy and tax credit. thank you and thank you for being a congressman and i wish you well. just go thank you so much better than to see if i can tackle all days. the biofuels harbor should be paying $26 a gallon pitcher absolute right. the department of the navy is paid to fetches $454 a gallon for biofuels and they did it without again any analysis at all. the problem we have is the navy spent millions of dollars trying to create an artificial market for biofuels we believe in alternative energy, but the air force had the right approach. the air force has done testing on engines to see if these biofuels on projects would work and if they create the market, though fun day. bethany beach try to create the artificial market themselves by spending mone
no question number one, why is our navy pain 20s x dollars a gallon for biofuels? number two, why is my federal tax dollar subsidizing ee five? and number three, i have heard on television that fuels for our jet aircraft is going to increase drastically also. and if you have time, which you please define the two words subsidy and tax credit. thank you and thank you for being a congressman and i wish you well. just go thank you so much better than to see if i can tackle all days. the biofuels...
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i've had a lot of great experiences in the navy, and i've talked about that. i would never have had the success in life i had if i hadn't had that experience in the navy and learned the leadership that i learned in that experience of the navy and it made all the difference. >> thank you, sir. the next question for you is who is your most influential role model in your life? who have you looked to to gain these insights and taking you under their wing to help you be a great leadership? and a different people at different times. just to narrow it down to the person that has really captured my life from the time i first knew him was robert risner and i just wish that we could no robbie. he would give anything to be with us tonight, but he was just the epitome of everything a person should be in terms of a great leader and caring for his troops and putting others first. and i learned all of those lessons of the naval academy and had them reinforce in the navy. but then once i was involved in the prisoner of war project i got to meet robbie and all of the other pow
i've had a lot of great experiences in the navy, and i've talked about that. i would never have had the success in life i had if i hadn't had that experience in the navy and learned the leadership that i learned in that experience of the navy and it made all the difference. >> thank you, sir. the next question for you is who is your most influential role model in your life? who have you looked to to gain these insights and taking you under their wing to help you be a great leadership? and...
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that is the navy seals who are involved in the operations and thr families. i know that those professionals who were working with usn the era of cybersecity areno naalscrdte ed states are not benefited by this. and so we ought to be looking at what is benefited by this. >> the gentleman's time has expired. t ymrai.eman from virginia, esai fv inutes you can detail things as you head in your statement. you went through the definition of the sins willfully communicatin, meaning any information relad to t enedre t e, pe n ciasso to believe that information could be used to injure the united states or advantage any other country, a lot working there that subject to interetation. bitaottatttnal ns tlid iar >> it certainly includes military matters. >> you mentioned trade deals, a trade deals not coveed by quote national defense? >> i don't think it clearly is covered in way thatinlligce rmn d covr cod.tioue sof the legislation we've considered included trade deals. >> i think a tade deal argued that could be in some circumstances, but t's not as clrly leva as tary
that is the navy seals who are involved in the operations and thr families. i know that those professionals who were working with usn the era of cybersecity areno naalscrdte ed states are not benefited by this. and so we ought to be looking at what is benefited by this. >> the gentleman's time has expired. t ymrai.eman from virginia, esai fv inutes you can detail things as you head in your statement. you went through the definition of the sins willfully communicatin, meaning any...
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navy air force or marine corps special operations forces, and those are your navy s.e.a.l.s, green berets and army rangers, the elite special forces guys, if you are serving as special operations a new user -- luger life our foundation will send your children to college all expenses paid, tuition, books, fees, room and board, laptop computer and a printer and if needed a kick from our president to make sure you get the right grades. are secondary program which was picked up in 2005 was to support our wounded warriors coming back from combat and what we do is we send them $3000 overnight to the hospital and that is to help them defray any unexpected costs, whether that is bringing in a family member, a wife, a spouse, a grandmother, and aunt. they can cover daycare, pet expenses, whatever they want to use that money for. they get it overnight and they get it immediately and they can use it for whatever they need to cover those costs. our board is meeting right now to decide what else we can do to support our wounded warriors. we recently met with them at walter reed national medical center
navy air force or marine corps special operations forces, and those are your navy s.e.a.l.s, green berets and army rangers, the elite special forces guys, if you are serving as special operations a new user -- luger life our foundation will send your children to college all expenses paid, tuition, books, fees, room and board, laptop computer and a printer and if needed a kick from our president to make sure you get the right grades. are secondary program which was picked up in 2005 was to...
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you know, i did get a navy cupcake. i'm not sure if that was -- [laughter] i don't know if that was intentional or happenstance. yeah. you know, um, in the defense strategy that we've revised in the fall both because we wanted to after -- again, you know, we've got to learn if we're not looking at every opportunity to change and embrace it, we're missing, we're missing what is a very dynamic future. so we looked at that strategy for two reasons. one was the fact that it was time to look at our strategy, and hen the second was the budget control act because, you know, strategy that's not sensitive to resources is nothing more than rhetoric. i mean, come on, you know? there's always this balance between ends, ways and means. so the means changed. we had to take a look at the ends and the ways. so in that strategy, though, as you know we've articulated that it is in our long-term interest to begin to shift or rebalance ourselves to the pacific, and that, of course, is based on trends that you're all very familiar with. not
you know, i did get a navy cupcake. i'm not sure if that was -- [laughter] i don't know if that was intentional or happenstance. yeah. you know, um, in the defense strategy that we've revised in the fall both because we wanted to after -- again, you know, we've got to learn if we're not looking at every opportunity to change and embrace it, we're missing, we're missing what is a very dynamic future. so we looked at that strategy for two reasons. one was the fact that it was time to look at our...
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he is a navy reversed -- reservist at fort bragg. he is a defense dia agent -- >> this happened at three different hotels. >> this is difficult for our country. >> that is the reaction we got for a lot of folks around here for espionage is unthinkable around here. >> .. he thought he was beating an intelligence officer from a foreign -- meeting and intelligence officer from a foreign country. the documents say it he was seeking "long-term financial reimbursement." he was given at $1,500 in cash. later, on november 19, march and met the undercover agent again, this time at this holiday inn express. 51 pages of documents, marked secret or top secret, and again paid another $1,500. like a lot of other americans, in and out of uniform tonight >> imagine being interviewed about somebody who was a spy; right? not where you want to walk into, so he was 22 years old. he was arrested in the sting operation by the csis and fbi, passed 51 pages of secret and top secret, none passed for foreign national, charged with 794, big espionage, but he d
he is a navy reversed -- reservist at fort bragg. he is a defense dia agent -- >> this happened at three different hotels. >> this is difficult for our country. >> that is the reaction we got for a lot of folks around here for espionage is unthinkable around here. >> .. he thought he was beating an intelligence officer from a foreign -- meeting and intelligence officer from a foreign country. the documents say it he was seeking "long-term financial...
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it's the only place where the navy can project power into the mediterranean, and the navy clearly wants to do this and has been itching for the opportunity to do so. the russians have used gun boat diplomacy in syria by sending the fleet there twice. they used it in cypress as well last year to check turkey. and arms sales. arms sales in russian foreign policy are not just a question of selling weapons to friendly states. they are clearly an attempt to create a block of influence for the russian government within syria ask and within the middle east, the latest one being a $4.2 billion arms sale that was announced to iraq about a week or ten days ago. if iran manages to satisfy russian apprehensions with regard to the iaea, i would not be surprised to see russian weapons go back to iran. they are certainly trying to sell to everybody else in the middle east. and this is part of their larger strategy of asymmetric support to anti-american movements in the middle east in order to keep russia in the game as a great power. therefore, we have important domestic lobbies that have a stake in t
it's the only place where the navy can project power into the mediterranean, and the navy clearly wants to do this and has been itching for the opportunity to do so. the russians have used gun boat diplomacy in syria by sending the fleet there twice. they used it in cypress as well last year to check turkey. and arms sales. arms sales in russian foreign policy are not just a question of selling weapons to friendly states. they are clearly an attempt to create a block of influence for the...
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we keep on shrinking our navy. our navy is now smaller than anytime since 1917. and the president is building roughly nine ships a year. we ought to raise that to 15 ships a year not because we want to go to war with anyone, but because we don't want anyone to take the hazard of going against us. we want them to see that we're so strong they couldn't possibly defeat us. so we ought to have an aircraft carrier in the gulf, an aircraft carrier -- and, of course, a task force with it in the med train ya yang. we want to show iran any act of that nature will be considered an act of war, and america is going to keep those sea lanes open. >> speaker gingrich, if you accept that definition that it is an act of war, how do you gauge the appetite on the part of the american people after the better part of a decade of warfare fighting dual wars overseas for something like that? >> the american people have no interest in going to war anywhere. we have no interest in going to war with the japanese when they bombed pearl harbor. we had no interest in going to afghanistan when
we keep on shrinking our navy. our navy is now smaller than anytime since 1917. and the president is building roughly nine ships a year. we ought to raise that to 15 ships a year not because we want to go to war with anyone, but because we don't want anyone to take the hazard of going against us. we want them to see that we're so strong they couldn't possibly defeat us. so we ought to have an aircraft carrier in the gulf, an aircraft carrier -- and, of course, a task force with it in the med...
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someone asked you earlier and that is where the money is going to come to to rebuild the navy and to raise the defense budget. or would that money come from? >> as the governor said yesterday, the vfw. in order to have the sort of american century envisions and to have america in a position internationally. the first stop is to renew and we need you to make the economy. he believes that will come through allowing incentives in the very a different approach on regulation, eliminate uncertainties, including obama cared that will all contribute to a stronger economic growth in the united states and that while we have many important issues to deal with at home, if were unable to protect their security interests, the u.s. government is failing in its first responsibility to the american people. >> and rich, just to follow that up, until that happens -- that does not happen in one day, as soon as the government becomes president one day, in that period of time, whether it takes three years, six years or 10 years, where do you get the money and order to deal with what it is that he says is
someone asked you earlier and that is where the money is going to come to to rebuild the navy and to raise the defense budget. or would that money come from? >> as the governor said yesterday, the vfw. in order to have the sort of american century envisions and to have america in a position internationally. the first stop is to renew and we need you to make the economy. he believes that will come through allowing incentives in the very a different approach on regulation, eliminate...
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in the navy and made all the difference. >> thank you. next question is who is your most influential role model in your life? who have you looked to to gain leadership and who has taken you under their wings to help you learn to be a great leader? >> different people at different times. the person who has really captured my life was robbie thrasher. i wish you could know robbie. if you have anything to be with us tonight, he was just the economy of everything a person should be in terms of a great leader caring for his troops and putting others first. i learned all those lessons after unable academy reinforced in the navy, but then once i was involved in the prisoner of war project i had got to be robbing all the other pows they were tested and began to survive and it was all because of their strength and leadership. i would have to say there's not a lot i would change. you heard just about everything i would have to say. >> my next question for you is when you are hiring people for the civilian sector for the elements of leadership acros
in the navy and made all the difference. >> thank you. next question is who is your most influential role model in your life? who have you looked to to gain leadership and who has taken you under their wings to help you learn to be a great leader? >> different people at different times. the person who has really captured my life was robbie thrasher. i wish you could know robbie. if you have anything to be with us tonight, he was just the economy of everything a person should be in...
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navy. he was a certified firefighter and e.m.t. jon lost his life protecting his friend, jansen young, from the gunman's line of fire. jon shield her from gunfire by pushing her to the ground while shots were fired. he was supposed to fly on saturday to nevada to see his wife, chantal blunk, and his four-year-old daughter and two-year-old son. instead, his wife had to put up the dress her daughter had picked out to wear to the airport. she told her daughter that they wouldn't see their dad anymore but that he would still love them and look over them. his daughter, hayley, is comforted by calling her fathe father's cell phone and hearing him on voicemail. this is a.j. boik, alexander boik. age 18. a.j. recently graduated from gateway high school. he enjoyed baseball, music and making pottery. a.j. was to start art classes at the rocky mountain college of art and design in the fall. he was described -- quote -- "as being the life of the party. a.j. could bring a smile to anybody's face." he w
navy. he was a certified firefighter and e.m.t. jon lost his life protecting his friend, jansen young, from the gunman's line of fire. jon shield her from gunfire by pushing her to the ground while shots were fired. he was supposed to fly on saturday to nevada to see his wife, chantal blunk, and his four-year-old daughter and two-year-old son. instead, his wife had to put up the dress her daughter had picked out to wear to the airport. she told her daughter that they wouldn't see their dad...
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they had impressed american her chart seamen into the british royal navy and forced illegal and unfair trade rules with the united states and allegedly offered assistance to american indian tribes who were attacking frontier settlements. in response, the united states declared war on great britain to protest these violations of free trade, sailors' rights and sanctioning raids on american land. after two and a half years of conflict, the british navy sailed up the heart of the chesapeake bay with a combined military naval forces in august, 1814 attacked washington, d.c., burning to the ground the u.s. capitol, the white house and much of the rest of our capital city. less than three weeks later, the british set their eyes upon the next prize, the strategic port city of baltimore, maryland. american are forces primarily made up of citizens of baltimore prepared baltimore city's defenses. marylanders fought the british army during the battle of north point and helped repulse the british navy from fort mchenry during the now infamous battle of baltimore. i want to point out that the ameri
they had impressed american her chart seamen into the british royal navy and forced illegal and unfair trade rules with the united states and allegedly offered assistance to american indian tribes who were attacking frontier settlements. in response, the united states declared war on great britain to protest these violations of free trade, sailors' rights and sanctioning raids on american land. after two and a half years of conflict, the british navy sailed up the heart of the chesapeake bay...
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brother who served in the marines and a little brother who's currently serving in the united states navy. so lots of guys in my family. i've got a strong record of supporting military families and veterans. in fact, i'm the only candidate at the table this evening has got a record and luke air force base. i voted not once, but he tends to protect and preserve luke air force base. it's just another -- parker: did you ever advocate to close luke air force base quiet sinema: when i first ran for the legislature is an independent come i grew up in republican family, so it took me a while to be a democrat. when i was younger, i not based on information and been told is a different idea. but my brother started the most important thing we can do is to keep those jobs open. and that's why it i protect military veterans throughout the state. gammill: seriously, seriously, this is how you reduce the debt uranus keep an air force base open. now, come on. jobs, how to get jobs and to this day. jobs are created when businesses have surplus money and need. there must always have needs. how do they get
brother who served in the marines and a little brother who's currently serving in the united states navy. so lots of guys in my family. i've got a strong record of supporting military families and veterans. in fact, i'm the only candidate at the table this evening has got a record and luke air force base. i voted not once, but he tends to protect and preserve luke air force base. it's just another -- parker: did you ever advocate to close luke air force base quiet sinema: when i first ran for...
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he's a former airline pilot and navy veteran. democrat rick is a former congressman who served the old sixth district. he was elected in 1974 and in the early '80s to pursue a business career. gentleman, thank you for taking time to join us. it's interesting this is your only debate that will be televised throughout the congressional district and most voters are getting their information about the two of you through television commercials. so i want to show you each a commercial, and then have you respond to some of the things that are being said about each of you. let's start with an atd that targets chip. >> ever ♪ >> chip wept to washington and brought back some strange ideas. instead of town hall meetings. he drives a $1,000 a month suv. a taxpayer expense. and chip voted to end the current medicare system and make seniors pay 4eu6d 00 a year more. while millionaires get more tax cuts. chip was supposed to take minnesota values to washington, not the other way around. the majority pack is responsible for the content of the
he's a former airline pilot and navy veteran. democrat rick is a former congressman who served the old sixth district. he was elected in 1974 and in the early '80s to pursue a business career. gentleman, thank you for taking time to join us. it's interesting this is your only debate that will be televised throughout the congressional district and most voters are getting their information about the two of you through television commercials. so i want to show you each a commercial, and then have...
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so the navy is very much pushing the the leading edge here. now, biofuels can help us, help us reach those goals, and when the defense side makes big commitments like the navy has made and like the defense department has made, it can be a down payment on progress on the civilian side. it can help us drive infrastructure and capacity that we all need. now, to be successful biofuels, as we know, require no modification to the platform that they are fueling. boeing aircraft as well as those of our competitors have been involved in biofuel testing. we've been doing that since 2008. as you recall, last summer we flew a new 747-8 to the paris air show on a biofuel blend. now, in addition to that we see the military moving forward with biofuel implementation as well. in december the secretary of the navy and the secretary of agriculture announced the largest purchase of biofuel in government history. nearly half a million gallons of advanced, drop-in biofuel. in 2010 the navy flew a superhornet, f-18 superhornet on a biofuel blend including the first
so the navy is very much pushing the the leading edge here. now, biofuels can help us, help us reach those goals, and when the defense side makes big commitments like the navy has made and like the defense department has made, it can be a down payment on progress on the civilian side. it can help us drive infrastructure and capacity that we all need. now, to be successful biofuels, as we know, require no modification to the platform that they are fueling. boeing aircraft as well as those of our...
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he was killed by navy seals in somalia. he was the chief of operations for al-shabaab, which was the al qaeda affiliate in the horn of africa. navy seals approached his convoy of helicopters. the seal did not dismount. according to the press accounts, he made no attempt to capture. the seals were ripped from the helicopters, destroyed the vehicles, landed long enough to innocence get enough of him and make sure the dna would prove they got the right to die and then flew back to the carrier. i am going to hazard to you the judgment that there is not an intelligence service in western europe who would have given us the intelligence to do what i just told you we did if they knew that as we were going to do. because of this fundamental disagreement that we believe we are totally legitimate and conducting a target of killing outside of internationally recognized the jitters of combat -- theater of combat. let's go to may, the death of bin laden. you all know the story, right? you are familiar. we followed the network and build t
he was killed by navy seals in somalia. he was the chief of operations for al-shabaab, which was the al qaeda affiliate in the horn of africa. navy seals approached his convoy of helicopters. the seal did not dismount. according to the press accounts, he made no attempt to capture. the seals were ripped from the helicopters, destroyed the vehicles, landed long enough to innocence get enough of him and make sure the dna would prove they got the right to die and then flew back to the carrier. i...
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that's an historic change for the be united states navy. the marine corps will have up to 2500 marines on rotation in australia, we will have four la toral combat ships stationed forward in singapore, i was just aboard both in san diego last week, and we'll proceed fully to build out our military presence on guam and surrounding areas, which is an important strategic hub for the western pacific. we will begin to rotate b-1 bombers into the region augmenting the b-52 bombers already on continuous rotation. we've already deployed f-22s to kadima air force base in japan, and we will deploy the f-35 joint strike fighter to the region. differently, we're sending our newest assets to the asia-pacific region first. fourth, we're working closely with our allies and partners to build a peaceful asia-pacific where every state in the region may prosper, and we do that project together. the state department, of course, leads our diplomatic engagement in the region, but our defense relationships play a big part as well. a key objective of our rebalance
that's an historic change for the be united states navy. the marine corps will have up to 2500 marines on rotation in australia, we will have four la toral combat ships stationed forward in singapore, i was just aboard both in san diego last week, and we'll proceed fully to build out our military presence on guam and surrounding areas, which is an important strategic hub for the western pacific. we will begin to rotate b-1 bombers into the region augmenting the b-52 bombers already on...
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it cuts 23 ships from the navy's fleet. many senior flag officers have testified that the fleet is already too small to fulfill its operational requirements. it cuts 150 planes from the air force, despite the tragic need, urgent need, for places like afghanistan and it cuts a whopping 80,000 soldiers from the army, 20,000 marines. instead of coming home to ticker tapes, these brave men and women will come home to pink slips. instead of marching in victory parades, they will stand in unemployment lines. that is shameful. these cuts are real and we will all start feeling them soon. they will affect every american base, installation and military unit in the world in some way, shape or form. and they will just hurt our national security. these cuts deeply damaging to our events will hurt everyone associated with the military. the families from camp pendleton that have endured extended deployments for the past decade, the teachers who educate children of deployed heroes, the civilian workers who do maintenance at edwards air for
it cuts 23 ships from the navy's fleet. many senior flag officers have testified that the fleet is already too small to fulfill its operational requirements. it cuts 150 planes from the air force, despite the tragic need, urgent need, for places like afghanistan and it cuts a whopping 80,000 soldiers from the army, 20,000 marines. instead of coming home to ticker tapes, these brave men and women will come home to pink slips. instead of marching in victory parades, they will stand in...
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if that view had prevailed in years past, we wouldn't have a nuclear-powered navy. without military investment in emerging technologies, we wouldn't have jet engines, microchips, microwave ovens, radar or g.p.s. navigation. ensuring our energy security ought to be a national priority. our reliance on foreign oil is a threat to our security and our economy. our reliance on foreign oil harms our economy and our national security. now we have the chance to do something about it. this is a national problem. that's why d.o.d. has partnered with the department of energy, the department of agriculture and private industry to find a solution. that's exactly how our government is supposed to work. if you believe that the d.o.d. has a vested interest in having reliable sources of fuel and energy, then you should agree that they have a role to play in assuring the new fuels that we have to develop meet their needs. madam president, as with any technology, the costs of alternative fuels start high but they are coming down steadily. as we all know, the price of oil continue to c
if that view had prevailed in years past, we wouldn't have a nuclear-powered navy. without military investment in emerging technologies, we wouldn't have jet engines, microchips, microwave ovens, radar or g.p.s. navigation. ensuring our energy security ought to be a national priority. our reliance on foreign oil is a threat to our security and our economy. our reliance on foreign oil harms our economy and our national security. now we have the chance to do something about it. this is a national...
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classified details of the navy seals to kill osama bin laden. missions in pakistan, a double agent and it is no use to us in the future. the drone of pravachol, the cyber war involving iraq and overt operations in africa would treat all of these sensitive pieces of the administration have been spread out in a book by mr. sanger coming and we have yet to hear any outrage from the president of the united states, and he ever had fenestration in my memory, a democrat or republican would have been absolutely apoplectic looking for the culprit, chongging to find out who were the people that actually committed these criminal weeks. instead, the president is offended that someone would suggest such a thing and frankly members of the administration are sort of smuggling that information has come forward and that appears to make the president seem tough. as peggy noonan said last week, the national security doesn't exist to help the president's winning elections. it's not a plaything to advance one's prospects, and yet this administration seems more inter
classified details of the navy seals to kill osama bin laden. missions in pakistan, a double agent and it is no use to us in the future. the drone of pravachol, the cyber war involving iraq and overt operations in africa would treat all of these sensitive pieces of the administration have been spread out in a book by mr. sanger coming and we have yet to hear any outrage from the president of the united states, and he ever had fenestration in my memory, a democrat or republican would have been...
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colonel and the members of it primarily civilians and military members in 806 public grant cat is in the navy and the army. and the department of defense, usd for personnel and readiness discharger's overall policy oversight with all of this. next slide. this is the historic chain of command that party to does the neighbor benefit. don't need that. and if you take a look at it and you see these comments on the side here, too many command channels, kind of a very difficult chain of command to search her way through. the air force thought it necessary to streamline the chain of command so they moved to -- next slide. this chain of command. this chain of command is the commander that goes on up through the assistant personnel officer at the air force through three-star personnel for the air force the air force chief of staff of the air force. but when we look at this command, this command structure we figured that there is very little command oversight possible from it. first of all, the afmao commander did not have the military justice authority, without commanders need. he is not what i would
colonel and the members of it primarily civilians and military members in 806 public grant cat is in the navy and the army. and the department of defense, usd for personnel and readiness discharger's overall policy oversight with all of this. next slide. this is the historic chain of command that party to does the neighbor benefit. don't need that. and if you take a look at it and you see these comments on the side here, too many command channels, kind of a very difficult chain of command to...
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more admirals and ships in the united states navy, and it's that top heavy across the board in the other services as well. i think we ought to look at some of the permanent overseas military bases we have. 79,000 troops still in europe where they are spending our nato allies, spending less than 2% of the economy on defense. we're at 4.2%. south korea, 28,000 troops, we're at 4.7% of defense spending as a share of the economy. they are at 2.7%. we care more about defending south korea than the south koreans. this notion of nation building, so incredibly costly, that we could invade and administer countries based on the premise at the end of the day they just want to be like us, if only give them the opportunity, they won't be like us. i volunteered to go to iraq with the united states ma reap corp. out of retirement because i believed once we were in it we had to finish it. how costly that was, not just in terms of lives, but in terms of tax dollars spent. as long as i'm on this committee, if i can do one thing, it's making sure this country never goes down the road of nation building and
more admirals and ships in the united states navy, and it's that top heavy across the board in the other services as well. i think we ought to look at some of the permanent overseas military bases we have. 79,000 troops still in europe where they are spending our nato allies, spending less than 2% of the economy on defense. we're at 4.2%. south korea, 28,000 troops, we're at 4.7% of defense spending as a share of the economy. they are at 2.7%. we care more about defending south korea than the...
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the navy to 7%. if you extend that out to 17, got a little more back in the ground level of balance. that was one of the cure result of that effort. going forward you will not speculate about additional increases or decreases although i suspect some of the questions will be about the. are you ready to go? let me turn it over, get some questions from the audience. >> happy to have your, sir. nice to see you. the first question, i'm going to love a couple together because it's a common theme that is been coming in. it has to do with maintaining come retaining the right people they some sort of the reductions and the drawdowns and a change in the environment. change and deployment. so what specifically are you looking at with respect to retaining the right equality in the force, and also sort of rolling later developed into the? you address with your development but how do we retain our right leaders in the fourth? >> one of the things i insisted on was that we would do our reductions over a five year p
the navy to 7%. if you extend that out to 17, got a little more back in the ground level of balance. that was one of the cure result of that effort. going forward you will not speculate about additional increases or decreases although i suspect some of the questions will be about the. are you ready to go? let me turn it over, get some questions from the audience. >> happy to have your, sir. nice to see you. the first question, i'm going to love a couple together because it's a common...
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air-sea battle is obviously the air force's and the navy's approach to overcoming anti-access. but it sits nested under something that i actually own, if you will, which is the joint operational access concept. so the chairman in collaboration with combatant commanders has a concept to ensure we can overcome anti-access in all domains, anti-access in the land of domain. what might prevent access in the land domain? ied, for example, which have become an adversaries asymmetric way of denying us access, even when we are far superior to them in terms of numbers and technological ability. so joint operational access is intended to ensure our freedom of movement as a military. air-sea battle is particular multiservice approach to overcoming the specific anti-access strategies in the air and maritime domain. okay, how would sequestration -- by the way, as i said important, it's not just asia pacific. iran has an and access strategy that would my potential have to overcome. what would the effect of sequestration be? let me now talk about sequestration in particular. let me talk about
air-sea battle is obviously the air force's and the navy's approach to overcoming anti-access. but it sits nested under something that i actually own, if you will, which is the joint operational access concept. so the chairman in collaboration with combatant commanders has a concept to ensure we can overcome anti-access in all domains, anti-access in the land of domain. what might prevent access in the land domain? ied, for example, which have become an adversaries asymmetric way of denying us...
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big brother that served in the marines and a brother that is currently serving in the united states navy. so lots of guys in my family and military families have a strong record of supporting the the three veterans, and in fact the only candidate sitting here at the table this evening that has a record on the air force base over the course of seven years in the state legislature. not once but eight times to protect and preserve the air force base. >> baiji you ever have the -- did you ever advocate to close the air force base? sinema: i was turning to independent the republican families of it took me awhile to become a democrat. >> moderator: was it independent? sinema: and i was younger i felt based on information that i had been told but i tell you what, my brothers taught me that the most important thing that we could do is to keep those jobs open and that is why i tax legislation to produce more veterans throughout the state. >> moderator: creating jobs in the country. parker: this is how you reduce the debt that we are in is keeping the air force base open? now, come on. how do you
big brother that served in the marines and a brother that is currently serving in the united states navy. so lots of guys in my family and military families have a strong record of supporting the the three veterans, and in fact the only candidate sitting here at the table this evening that has a record on the air force base over the course of seven years in the state legislature. not once but eight times to protect and preserve the air force base. >> baiji you ever have the -- did you...
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that's because he lied about his age to join the navy in the 1940's and first saw combat -- think of this -- first saw combat at the age of 16. he's 83 now, and we are so proud that he'll be visiting with us. in addition to the veterans visiting us, a number of volunteers, escorts will also be accompanying them. several of these escorts will be representing their deceased fathers who served in various wars throughout the year. three of our world war ii veterans are accompanied by their sons who themselves are veterans of the vietnam war. service is truly a family tradition in our state and in this nation. our veterans have a full day's journey ahead of them tomorrow. they will leave princeton, west virginia, at 2:15 in the morning traveling here by bus. they will return to west virginia at touring our beautiful capitol building, the world war ii monument, korean war memorial, and iwo jima memorial. these monuments to service and sacrifice have important meaning to 9/11 this country, but i know that our veterans will find special meaning tomorrow when they tour these sites. this is th
that's because he lied about his age to join the navy in the 1940's and first saw combat -- think of this -- first saw combat at the age of 16. he's 83 now, and we are so proud that he'll be visiting with us. in addition to the veterans visiting us, a number of volunteers, escorts will also be accompanying them. several of these escorts will be representing their deceased fathers who served in various wars throughout the year. three of our world war ii veterans are accompanied by their sons who...
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navy in the other day. some people from down in florida. we are flying navy and air force airplanes using a 50-50 mixture of jet fuel and biofuel. pretty cool stuff. and with no degradation in performance. we just need to make those vehicles, whether they are aircraft or cars, trucks and vans, make those vehicles and the fuels for those vehicles more available to the american people, in this case our armed forces. we just need a choice. we need a greater choice than what we have had. the bill offered by senator menendez actually starts to give us that choice. a.m.a. getting close to the end here, senator nelson. let me say instead of giving billions of dollars in -- to oil companies to continue what they are already doing, what don't we just put some federal dollars in to work to allow real choices at the pump. and it turns out some of the folks are really doing some cutting-edge work on this, turn out to be some of these oil companies. some of the best biofuels work is being done by outfits like b.p. and like shell. rather than incentivizi
navy in the other day. some people from down in florida. we are flying navy and air force airplanes using a 50-50 mixture of jet fuel and biofuel. pretty cool stuff. and with no degradation in performance. we just need to make those vehicles, whether they are aircraft or cars, trucks and vans, make those vehicles and the fuels for those vehicles more available to the american people, in this case our armed forces. we just need a choice. we need a greater choice than what we have had. the bill...
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inform you that most of the leaders of the pacific fleet do not have confidence in you to lead the navy, and fdr didn't do anything at that precise moment but he wouldn't act on what was said, and he finally fdr was reelected the next month november of 1942 and right after he fires joe richardson so i don't know that a movie is ever going into the life of the admiral or not, but he is backed in the united states on the day of pearl harbor' attack and he's sitting their getting all that news and he knows i warned them over a year ago and still haven't. >> did fdr acknowledge any limits on constitutional limits on the power of commander in chief during world war ii? you mentioned the internment of the japanese and i also have read historical accounts when he said the military tribunals to try the nazis out tours that some of the historical accounts that i've read said that he's let it be known to back channels if the supreme court tries to challenge my authority to try to execute these people through the three tribunals i'm going to execute them any way. i just wondered if he acknowledged
inform you that most of the leaders of the pacific fleet do not have confidence in you to lead the navy, and fdr didn't do anything at that precise moment but he wouldn't act on what was said, and he finally fdr was reelected the next month november of 1942 and right after he fires joe richardson so i don't know that a movie is ever going into the life of the admiral or not, but he is backed in the united states on the day of pearl harbor' attack and he's sitting their getting all that news and...
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he's a vice chief of staff of the navy. he touched the military and more profound ways than many flag officers did and grout of the conversation about how this is an important ingredient to our success, but we don't really understand it that well. we as a policy community don't understand it so well. so we thought we ought to learn from this and bill agreed he would be willing to lead this effort for us and i'm very grateful. we decided that we should capture the wisdom and judgment that had been developed over the last ten years by real-life experiences. so the document that you have all received i hope is a summation of a series of interviews that the staff has conducted, and i think it's going to be very valuable, very valuable over time. several of the colleagues that are involved in this are going to be here in this panel discussion. that's going to be rear admral tom cullison, dr. ellen embrey, ambassador cameron hume and dr. connie mariano vv we are glad you are not able only to participate but share your perspective
he's a vice chief of staff of the navy. he touched the military and more profound ways than many flag officers did and grout of the conversation about how this is an important ingredient to our success, but we don't really understand it that well. we as a policy community don't understand it so well. so we thought we ought to learn from this and bill agreed he would be willing to lead this effort for us and i'm very grateful. we decided that we should capture the wisdom and judgment that had...
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we have our concept, we need what is called a ground water navy ship. really a green water -- not even brown water -- green water. that is to say something that will not be in the open ocean but isn't river -- isn't just going up the river like vietnam. it made a lot of sense to fund a ship like that. what happened is that ship has come to dominate the program. which doesn't make sense. >> the question of how to pay for this. the question is is it something else in the defense department budget or the federal budget? is it in the entitlement? if so which entitlements would you change? how you pay for this? >> talking about increases. .. which is, what specifically is that force trying to prevent? >> sure. >> sound like world war ii. >> not at all. not when you only have 11 of them. we were putting out more than those every year in world war ii. what carriers do, and i think everyone understands, the biggest supporter of aircraft carriers is not the defense department, state department. always has been historically. the reason is carrier presence has an
we have our concept, we need what is called a ground water navy ship. really a green water -- not even brown water -- green water. that is to say something that will not be in the open ocean but isn't river -- isn't just going up the river like vietnam. it made a lot of sense to fund a ship like that. what happened is that ship has come to dominate the program. which doesn't make sense. >> the question of how to pay for this. the question is is it something else in the defense department...
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than the defense department's budget with speakers from the army, navy and air force taking reporters questions. and all that starts at about 2:00 and we'll be on our companion network, c-span. we will be back to this discussion on the future of manufacturing in about an hour and half. but while the group takes a break, here at the mellon auditorium, we will take a look at remarks from earlier by the ceo of general electric, jeff immelt and we'll come back to this discussion as soon as things get underway again. >> what i think will be an interesting week on american competitiveness, with a real focus on what's worked in sharing best practices and describing ideas and really talking about ways to create jobs and fighting is going to be a great week, and a lot to be shared. if you were to have read last month's harvard business review, roughly 75% of the people surveyed think that america's competitiveness is going to decline over the next three years. and i have to say that is in contrast to what we see, what i see. and i would go beyond that to say i think on a relative basis america
than the defense department's budget with speakers from the army, navy and air force taking reporters questions. and all that starts at about 2:00 and we'll be on our companion network, c-span. we will be back to this discussion on the future of manufacturing in about an hour and half. but while the group takes a break, here at the mellon auditorium, we will take a look at remarks from earlier by the ceo of general electric, jeff immelt and we'll come back to this discussion as soon as things...
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okay, who's, who's navy vulnerable, how can we work this, who can we talk to, who can do what? this is a very important topic for a serious discussion trilaterally, as you point out. pakistanis play a major role here, and as they have now learned, a lot of those guys they have been giving safe harbor to happen to have links to guys who are killing their guys. so we've got something to talk about. that needs to be part of it. because i think you're right, you are not going to get -- if you ever can -- a reasonably comprehensive settlement between the taliban and the afghan government without full cooperation from pakistan which has its own sets of concerns that need to be addressed. so, again, i said this about 20,000 times, i say it 20,000 more, it's really comply kitted. -- complicated. that's not to say there's not a direct role for us. you know, i like meeting with bad guys. i mean, it's kind of fun. so at afghan government request, i did meet with a number of representatives in militant groups who were able to get to afghanistan and enjoy afghan protection when they were th
okay, who's, who's navy vulnerable, how can we work this, who can we talk to, who can do what? this is a very important topic for a serious discussion trilaterally, as you point out. pakistanis play a major role here, and as they have now learned, a lot of those guys they have been giving safe harbor to happen to have links to guys who are killing their guys. so we've got something to talk about. that needs to be part of it. because i think you're right, you are not going to get -- if you ever...
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remember what the president said about our navy seals when he pinted out, some of them are republicans and some of them are democrats. that didn't matter they were americans doing a job and they went in there and it was team work. and i'm going to ready for navy seals for republicans and democrats to come together to take out osama bin laden, surely we republicans and democrats in the house can work together for the benefit of the american people. . . >> we've got to get out into the communities, go into these targeted areas, my own home state of georgia, nevada, where the home foreclosure deal is so intense, and really brings all of these actors, bring the banks, bring treasury, bring hand, bring all these programs that we've got because the problem is that many other people don't know the available programs we working for us. with $50 billion we put to the financial services into the treasury department to be able to help struggling homeowners. but in order to get that to work we have to get whole seminars, workshops, bring them all under one roof, and get our people into communities
remember what the president said about our navy seals when he pinted out, some of them are republicans and some of them are democrats. that didn't matter they were americans doing a job and they went in there and it was team work. and i'm going to ready for navy seals for republicans and democrats to come together to take out osama bin laden, surely we republicans and democrats in the house can work together for the benefit of the american people. . . >> we've got to get out into the...